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Basic Firefighting Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
#1 Cause of fire on ships... and others
Ans: CARELESS SMOKING HABITS!!!
-DISPOSAL
-SMOKING IN BED
-DISREGARD FOR RESTRICTED
AREAS
POOR HOUSEKEEPING
-Dirty/oily machinery
-Clothes drier lint accumulation
-Improper , non- secured storage
THE ELEMENTS OF FIRE (fire tetrahedron)
Ans: Heat, oxygen, fuel and chemical chain reaction
Heat
Ans: Anything that produces the required temperature for
ignition will satisfy this leg of the triangle
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-Sun
-Open Flame
-Chemical Reaction
-Sparks
-Friction
-Static Electricity
Oxygen
Ans: The Earth's atmosphere consists of 21% oxygen. Because
fire needs oxygen to burn, the amount of oxygen available to it
controls the rate at which it burns.
Fuel
Ans: -Only vapors burn
-Liquids & solids must first be vaporized
Tendency of a substance to vaporize is an indication of
_________________________
Ans: its ability to burn.
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_____________ vaporize more readily than _____________
Ans: Liquids
solids
( Gasoline has a flash point of -45 f )
Gases are already in a _________ state
Ans: vapor
Chain Reaction
Ans: You can have Oxygen - Heat - Fuel in the same place at
the same time and still not have a fire
Heat must be sufficient to bring fuel to its Ignition Temperature
FUEL - OXYGEN relationship must be balanced, i.e., be in the
_________________________
Ans: Flammable Range
Five classes of fire:
Ans: 1. Class A - combustible solids
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Basic Firefighting Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
#1 Cause of fire on ships... and others
Ans: CARELESS SMOKING HABITS!!!
-DISPOSAL
-SMOKING IN BED
-DISREGARD FOR RESTRICTED
AREAS
POOR HOUSEKEEPING
-Dirty/oily machinery
-Clothes drier lint accumulation
-Improper , non- secured storage
THE ELEMENTS OF FIRE (fire tetrahedron)
Ans: Heat, oxygen, fuel and chemical chain reaction
Heat
Ans: Anything that produces the required temperature for
ignition will satisfy this leg of the triangle
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-Sun
-Open Flame
-Chemical Reaction
-Sparks
-Friction
-Static Electricity
Oxygen
Ans: The Earth's atmosphere consists of 21% oxygen. Because
fire needs oxygen to burn, the amount of oxygen available to it
controls the rate at which it burns.
Fuel
Ans: -Only vapors burn
-Liquids & solids must first be vaporized
Tendency of a substance to vaporize is an indication of
_________________________
Ans: its ability to burn.
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_____________ vaporize more readily than _____________
Ans: Liquids
solids
( Gasoline has a flash point of -45 f )
Gases are already in a _________ state
Ans: vapor
Chain Reaction
Ans: You can have Oxygen - Heat - Fuel in the same place at
the same time and still not have a fire
Heat must be sufficient to bring fuel to its Ignition Temperature
FUEL - OXYGEN relationship must be balanced, i.e., be in the
_________________________
Ans: Flammable Range
Five classes of fire:
Ans: 1. Class A - combustible solids
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